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Tds Meter

Fail

Prices span $3.05–$15.47, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Tds Meter is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 520 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£83K/yr146K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
65%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 16 sellers

Flapen Score

Tds Meter against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Tds Meter is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Tds Meter market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Tds Meter 146K times last year and spent an estimated £83K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jul. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

8.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 146K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £83K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
146K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.7%
Conversion, latest week
8.5%
Market size, estimated
£83Ka year
Peak month
May1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
tds meter38K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.67.

Listings sell for £6.67 on average, from £3.05 to £15.47. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £6.67 that is £2K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.67under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.05–£15.47
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£3K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #83 within Test & Measurement. It carries 663 reviews at 4.25 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
10.2%
Average rank
#83in Test & Measurement
Average rating
4.25 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
663per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 31 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
31 months

Products

Top Tds Meter products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 65% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£8K£17K£25K£33K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

16

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • ARCHER LIFE HALL31%
  • VARIFY26%
  • QNCIGER18%
  • ausyde4%
  • flintronic4%
  • Bestgle4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 15%)

Demand

Tds Meter search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

5K3KSpike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Tds Meter search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • tds meter38K/yr
  • water tester34K/yr
  • tds meter digital water tester30K/yr
  • water quality tester10K/yr
  • water tester kit for drinking water5K/yr
  • digital water tester6K/yr
  • tds water tester6K/yr
  • tds5K/yr
  • ppm meter3K/yr
  • drinking water tester3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tds Meter

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Functionality-Overall27%−0.39

Did not work

Not working properly

Not working

Quality-Overall12%−0.04

Poor quality

get a higher quality model

The build quality isnt premium

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting8%−0.10

instructions not very good

Still don't know how to work or read it

No instructions included o how to calibrate

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.20

This was advertised +ph but no way of reading ph

Not as advertised

Description not good enaugh

Value For Money7%+0.47

Not worth it

Spend a bit more

not worth the money

Love

Ease Of Use31%+2.37

Easy to use

easy to read display

Easy to read

Value For Money14%+0.47

Good value for money

Great value

Good value in my opinion

Quality-Overall12%−0.04

Seems well made

Excellent product

Good staff

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.20

Does what it says well

Does the job

Served the purpose

Water Resistance6%+0.57

Great for testing water quality

Perfect little gadget for testing the water

Happy to enjoy safe water

Return

1.2% Return rate 10% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall56%█▆▆▆█▇

Did not work

Not working properly

Not working

Defective Material/Parts11%▃▂█▃▅▄
Color5%▅█▄▃▁▃

As others say hard to distinguish colours for specific results

even then the colour warnings dont seem to match the expected levels of guide

The strip is sized differently from the colour comparison chart so that the two do not line up. the strip is much larger than the comparison chart.

Display-Overall4%██▃▆▇▁

Confusing display

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▅▅▁▇▁█

This was advertised +ph but no way of reading ph

Not as advertised

Description not good enaugh

FAQ

Common Tds Meter questions

Answered from the same tracked data.